Caterpillar Activity
Submitted by Gwyn McCormack on May 12, 2014
This hands-on braille and early literacy activity is designed to help children with visual impairments to understand initial letter sounds.
Materials:
- Circles of card, or base and top covers from pack of CD’s (illustrated)
- Objects beginning with the letters of "Caterpillar"
- Braille labels with object names (whole word and/or initial letter sounds)
- Recordable pegs (optional)
Procedure:
Various activities available within this simple resource to support the child’s individual braille lessons and make them fun and creative:
- Develop initial letter sounds
- Match the correct object to the correct letter sound
- Spelling the word ‘Caterpillar’ putting the letters in order
- Write a poem/story about a caterpillar
Labels:
C for Comb, A for Aeroplane, T for Tape Measure, E for Envelope, R for Ring, P for Padlock, I for Insect, L for Lid, L for Label, A for Ant, R for Ribbon
Variations:
- Make a number line- replace letters with numbers, add number words and numbers in digits, add appropriate number of objects to each box
- Add in the letter sounds on recordable pegs and clip to, or place in the box for the child to listen to.
- Add textures to the circles
- Make a fun collage head for the caterpillar
- Stick the caterpillar on the wall, curling and glueing its body into an arch
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